US11758489B2ActiveUtilityA1

Wireless communication method, network device and terminal device

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Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP LTDPriority: Jun 25, 2018Filed: Dec 21, 2020Granted: Sep 12, 2023
Est. expiryJun 25, 2038(~12 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Weijie Xu
H04W 56/0015H04W 52/0212H04W 56/00H04W 48/14Y02D30/70H04W 76/27H04W 76/40H04W 68/00H04W 52/0235H04W 52/0216H04W 52/0229H04L 5/0094H04L 5/0048H04W 68/005H04W 52/0225
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Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a wireless communication method and a device, which are beneficial to energy saving of a terminal. The method includes: sending, by a network device, an energy-saving signal to a terminal device, where the energy-saving signal is configured to indicate first configuration information of a signal used for synchronization.

Claims

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What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A wireless communication method, comprising:
 receiving, by a terminal device, an energy-saving signal sent by a network device, wherein the energy-saving signal is configured to indicate first configuration information of a signal used for synchronization and indicate whether there exists a paging message for the terminal device; 
 wherein configuration information of the signal used for synchronization comprises the first configuration information and second configuration information, and the second configuration information is configured to indicate all or part of configuration information not comprised in the first configuration information in the configuration information of the signal used for synchronization; and the method further comprises: 
 receiving, by the terminal device, higher layer signaling of the network device, wherein the higher layer signaling is configured to indicate the second configuration information; and 
 receiving, by the terminal device, the signal used for synchronization based on the first configuration information and the second configuration information. 
 
     
     
       2. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the receiving, by the terminal device, the signal used for synchronization based on the first configuration information comprises:
 when the energy-saving signal is further configured to indicate that there exists a paging message for the terminal device, receiving, by the terminal device, the signal used for synchronization based on the first configuration information. 
 
     
     
       3. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the first configuration information comprises at least one of the following:
 time domain resource information, density information, subcarrier information, bandwidth information, a transmission period, time offset information and time position information. 
 
     
     
       4. The method of  claim 3 , wherein the time domain resource information of the signal used for synchronization is configured to indicate a plurality of symbol sets occupied by the signal used for synchronization in a single slot and/or a slot occupied by the signal used for synchronization. 
     
     
       5. The method of  claim 4 , wherein when the wireless communication method is used for communication below 6 GHZ, the plurality of symbol sets comprise at least two of the following symbol sets: l∈{4,8}, l∈{5,9} and l∈{6,10}; or
 when the wireless communication method is used for communication above 6 GHZ, the plurality of symbol sets comprise at least two of the following symbol sets: l∈{4,8}, l∈{5,9}, l∈{6,10}, l∈{0,4}, l∈{1,5}, l∈{2,6}, l∈{3,7}, l∈{7,11}, l∈{8,12} and l∈{9,13}. 
 
     
     
       6. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the energy-saving signal indicates the first configuration information through a comprised sequence and/or an occupied resource; wherein
 different sequences and/or occupied resources indicate different configuration information of the signal used for synchronization. 
 
     
     
       7. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the wireless communication method is used for time-frequency synchronization for the terminal device in an idle state. 
     
     
       8. A terminal device comprising:
 a memory, a processor, an input interface and an output interface, wherein the memory, the processor, the input interface and the output interface are interconnected via a bus system, the memory is configured to store instructions, the processor is configured to: 
 receive an energy-saving signal sent by a network device, wherein the energy-saving signal is configured to indicate first configuration information of a signal used for synchronization and indicate whether there exists a paging message for the terminal device; 
 wherein configuration information of the signal used for synchronization comprises the first configuration information and second configuration information, and the second configuration information is configured to indicate all or part of configuration information not comprised in the first configuration information in the configuration information of the signal used for synchronization; and the processor is further configured to: 
 receive higher layer signaling of the network device, wherein the higher layer signaling is configured to indicate the second configuration information; and 
 receive the signal used for synchronization based on the first configuration information and the second configuration information. 
 
     
     
       9. The terminal device of  claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
 when the energy-saving signal is further configured to indicate that there exists a paging message for the terminal device, receive the signal used for synchronization based on the first configuration information. 
 
     
     
       10. The terminal device of  claim 8 , wherein the first configuration information comprises at least one of the following:
 time domain resource information, density information, subcarrier information, bandwidth information, a transmission period, time offset information and time position information. 
 
     
     
       11. The terminal device of  claim 10 , wherein the time domain resource information of the signal used for synchronization is configured to indicate a plurality of symbol sets occupied by the signal used for synchronization in a single slot and/or a slot occupied by the signal used for synchronization. 
     
     
       12. The terminal device of  claim 11 , wherein when the terminal device is used for communication below 6 GHZ, the plurality of symbol sets comprise at least two of the following symbol sets: l∈{4,8}, l∈{5,9} and l∈{6,10}; or
 when the terminal device is used for communication above 6 GHZ, the plurality of symbol sets comprise at least two of the following symbol sets: l∈{4,8}, l∈{5,9}, l∈{6,10}, l∈{0,4}, l∈{1,5}, l∈{2,6}, l∈{3,7}, l∈{7,11}, l∈{8,12} and l∈{9,13}. 
 
     
     
       13. The terminal device of  claim 8 , wherein the energy-saving signal indicates the first configuration information through a comprised sequence and/or an occupied resource; wherein
 different sequences and/or occupied resources indicate different configuration information of the signal used for synchronization. 
 
     
     
       14. The terminal device of  claim 8 , wherein the signal used for synchronization is used for time-frequency synchronization for the terminal device in an idle state. 
     
     
       15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, configured to store a computer program that enables a computer to execute the method according to  claim 1 . 
     
     
       16. A wireless communication method, comprising:
 sending, by a network device, an energy-saving signal to a terminal device, wherein the energy-saving signal is configured to indicate first configuration information of a signal used for synchronization and indicate whether there exists a paging message for the terminal device; 
 wherein configuration information of the signal used for synchronization comprises the first configuration information and second configuration information, and the second configuration information is configured to indicate all or part of configuration information not comprised in the first configuration information in the configuration information of the signal used for synchronization; and the method further comprises: 
 sending, by the network device, higher layer signaling to the terminal device; wherein the higher layer signaling is configured to indicate the second configuration information; and 
 sending, by the network device, the signal used for synchronization to the terminal device. 
 
     
     
       17. The method of  claim 16 , wherein when the energy-saving signal is configured to indicate that there exists a paging message for the terminal device, the energy-saving signal is configured to indicate the first configuration information. 
     
     
       18. The method of  claim 16 , wherein the first configuration information comprises at least one of the following:
 time domain resource information, density information, subcarrier information, bandwidth information, a transmission period, time offset information and time position information. 
 
     
     
       19. A network device, comprising:
 a memory, a processor, an input interface and an output interface, wherein the memory, the processor, the input interface and the output interface are interconnected via a bus system, the memory is configured to store instructions, the processor is configured to implement the method of  claim 16 .

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